tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post961718566127265974..comments2024-03-27T09:14:27.496+00:00Comments on All That Is Solid ...: The Whys and Wherefores of KeithPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-33075063207797797702020-12-04T12:19:35.603+00:002020-12-04T12:19:35.603+00:00«the didactic, authoritarian, gauche male characte...«the didactic, authoritarian, gauche male character»<br /><br />Starmer's character is not really the issue here, it is his politics, and while they are autoritarian, to pander to tory voters with tory policies (see New Labour's ASBOs), he and his politics are not "didactic" but rather deferential, to the tory government policies and the voters to which they pander. Rather than being didactic, starmerism is all about to be a good student, to learn how to appear to tory/whig voters as a more competent tory/whig than the Conservatives or the LibDems. A fairly unambitious task :-).Blissexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-29523554384980260232020-12-04T11:36:08.310+00:002020-12-04T11:36:08.310+00:00«who takes his job to be representing the state in...«who takes his job to be representing the state interest over and above that of working people»<br /><br />My usual quote from T Balogh's piece in the book "The Establishment", 1959:<br /><br />«"Whoever is in office, the Whigs are in power." It was Mr Harold Wilson himself, many years before he came to the Prime Minister's office»Blissexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-85246853137814338002020-12-03T22:08:56.281+00:002020-12-03T22:08:56.281+00:00Wasn't the didactic, authoritarian, gauche mal...Wasn't the didactic, authoritarian, gauche male character in Mike Leigh's brilliant film, Nuts In May, called Keith? Sums Starmer up really.Dialectician1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-81284633745717971822020-12-03T15:11:01.938+00:002020-12-03T15:11:01.938+00:00«If you don't think Keef will advance the clas...«If you don't think Keef will advance the class struggle you're possibly not understanding social democracy»<br /><br />But Keith and his allies are not social-democrats, they are liberal-democrats, and some are even conservatives.<br /><br />«correctly from a Marxist viewpoint. That's what I always say.»<br /><br />And what I always say is "What to do while waiting for the inevitable dialectical replacement of capitalism with something else?" Just write essays theorizing the future revolution? Sing the Red Flag on the way to becoming drink soaked popinjays for trotskysm? :-)<br /><br />What I suspect the marxist critics of social-democracy assume is that those that advocate a social-democratic approach in the current system want to stop at that, and achieve the "nirvana" of PASOKification instead. But even in a marxist perspective, as socialism should be a step on the way to communism, social-democracy can be a step on the way to socialism, as long as it is seen as a goal in itself.<br /><br />Blissexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-14668703452660881992020-12-03T14:21:49.470+00:002020-12-03T14:21:49.470+00:00Ha Ha Yes class struggle that would be something. ...Ha Ha Yes class struggle that would be something. What about just a decent chance for ordinary people? Decent opportunities and decent public services. Can the Labour Party do that if in power or is that a bit much to ask? I really do hope not. What we have now with the conservatives is very poor for the country economically, socially and their vision is in reality so lacking in aspiration. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-27620294427742272952020-12-03T13:59:11.616+00:002020-12-03T13:59:11.616+00:00The Labour Party needs to raise their game. Is th...The Labour Party needs to raise their game. Is that not why many voted for Keir- get elected but for god sake use it to do some good- POLICY! The LP should be winning now. Boris is crap and many voters know that- use it. Is it really that hard?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-57084484281405572712020-12-03T10:38:50.475+00:002020-12-03T10:38:50.475+00:00If you don't think Keef will advance the class...If you don't think Keef will advance the class struggle you're possibly not understanding social democracy correctly from a Marxist viewpoint. That's what I always say.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-89154366149881827772020-12-03T09:59:36.850+00:002020-12-03T09:59:36.850+00:00As a member of the party I don't care about wh...As a member of the party I don't care about what someone is called I care as you do about that they say, do and represent. Otherwise I am asking myself what is the point? Time is important.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-43351166219062912012020-12-03T09:19:34.520+00:002020-12-03T09:19:34.520+00:00Will Keir make sure that we have a independent inv...Will Keir make sure that we have a independent investigation into the scale of Covid deaths in the UK? Will he make sure that the Labour Party develops social and economic policy which will promote good educational opportunities for all; access to a well funded and good NHS and to work opportunities? If so that work needs to start now otherwise, I would suggest tomorrow will be a long time coming. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com